This blanket purchase agreement serves to provide vocational expert witnesses to the SSA for hearings before an administrative law judge (ALJ) appealing denial of certain benefits administered by SSA.…

The Social Security Administration (SSA) awarded a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement to Trio Consulting Solutions LLC, effective April 1, 2025, through March 31, 2030, to provide vocational expert witness services supporting disability benefit hearings conducted before Administrative Law Judges (ALJs). Under this indefinite delivery vehicle with a $0.00 ceiling value, SSA may issue call orders on an as-needed basis for vocational expert consulting services. The contractor delivers expert testimony and occupational analysis to ALJs hearing appeals from claimants seeking Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Services encompass case file review and impartial expert assessment of claimants' residual functional capacity, vocational capabilities, and ability to perform past work or adjust to alternative employment given their age, education, and work history. No set-aside was used in this procurement, and Trio Consulting Solutions LLC, a minority-owned and economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business based in Charlotte, North Carolina, serves as the sole awardee.

The vocational expert services provided under this BPA are integral to the SSA's adjudication process for disability benefit claims. During ALJ hearings, vocational experts testify regarding the availability of jobs in the national economy that claimants could perform given documented functional limitations, thereby informing judicial determinations on benefit eligibility. Trio Consulting Solutions LLC's role involves preparing expert opinions on labor market conditions and occupational feasibility to support ALJ decision-making in contested disability cases. The structure of this BPA as an indefinite delivery vehicle with zero ceiling value allows SSA flexibility to procure vocational expert services across its hearing offices on a transactional basis, with individual call order values and frequency determined by operational requirements and adjudication caseload demands.

This blanket purchase agreement serves to provide vocational expert witnesses to the SSA for hearings before an administrative law judge (ALJ) appealing denial of certain benefits administered by SSA. These hearings involve claims for benefits author